Salon photography

Beautiful photos in an ideal environment are created through careful planning, writes Izwan Ismail

You are unlikely to get this picture if you just sit by this lake, which is in Situgunung in West Java. The girl and the man were hired, together with the prop, to float in the still lake so that photographers could capture something unique.

The Indramayu dancer in colourful traditional costume was asked to look out of a wooden window wearing a serious expression. A reflector bounced sunlight towards her face to give her that glow.

A worker at a tapioca chips factory in Indramayu, West Java, was asked to flip a tray full of dried chips. She did it over and over until the desired shots were achieved.